Effective July 2008

COMMUNICABLE AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTABLE IN MASSACHUSETTS TO LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH

Note: If these diseases are initially reported to MDPH, local boards of health will be notified.

INITIATE INVESTIGATION IMMEDIATELY FOR BOTH SUSPECT AND CONFIRMED CASES AND NOTIFY MDPH! Telephone: (617) 983-6800 • INITIATE INVESTIGATION AND COMPLETE CASE REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. (This may include both suspect and confirmed cases.) Confidential Fax: (617) 983-6813

• Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica) • Listeriosis (Listeria sp.) • Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) • Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) Any case of an unusual illness • Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Any cluster/outbreak of illness, including but not limited to • Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum, P. malariae, P. vivax, P. ovale) foodborne illness Measles Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) • Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) • Babesiosis (Babesia sp.) Meningitis, bacterial, community acquired Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) • Meningitis, viral (aseptic), and other infectious (non-bacterial) Brucellosis (Brucella sp.) Meningococcal disease, invasive (Neisseria meningitidis) • Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter sp.) Monkeypox or other orthopox virus • Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) • Mumps • Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) • Norovirus • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD • Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis) • Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus neoformans) Plague (Yersinia pestis) • Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium sp.) • Pneumococcal disease, invasive (Streptococcus pneumoniae) • Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora cayetanensis) Polio • Dengue • Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci) Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) • Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) Eastern equine encephalitis Rabies in humans • Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia sp.) • Reye syndrome • Encephalitis, any cause Rheumatic fever • Escherichia coli O157:H7, and other shiga-toxin producing • Rickettsialpox (Rickettsia akari) E. coli • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii) • Food poisoning and toxicity (includes poisoning by ciguatera, Rubella scombrotoxin, mushroom toxin, tetrodotoxin, paralytic shell- • Salmonellosis (Salmonella sp., non typhi) fish and amnesic shellfish) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) • Giardiasis (Giardia sp.) • Shiga-toxin producing organisms • Glanders (Burkholderia mallei) • Shigellosis (Shigella sp.) Group A streptococcus, invasive Smallpox • Group B streptococcus, invasive Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) Haemophilus influenzae, invasive • Toxic shock syndrome • Hansen’s disease (leprosy) • Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma sp.) Hantavirus • Trichinosis (Trichinella sp.) Hemolytic uremic syndrome Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) Hepatitis A (IgM+ only) Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi) • Hepatitis B • Typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) • Hepatitis C • Varicella (chickenpox) • Hepatitis – infectious, not otherwise specified • Vibriosis (Vibrio sp.) • Influenza Viral hemorrhagic fevers Influenza A virus, novel West Nile Influenza, pediatric deaths (<18 years) • Yellow fever • Legionellosis (Legionella sp.) • Yersiniosis (Yersinia sp.) • Leptospirosis (Leptospira sp.) Important Note: During outbreaks, MDPH and local boards of health may request that other diseases be reportable immediately.

105 CMR 300.000 Reportable Diseases, Surveillance, and Isolation and Quarantine Requirements, 2nd Edition, August 2009